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Test yourself with these easy sports quiz questions and answers! From football to formula 1, see if you know your easy sports trivia now!
I would describe myself as a boy’s boy. I grew up playing athletics, cricket, football, rugby. Basically, any type of sport I could get involved in, I would.
Even though I don’t play as much as I used to, I am still completely obsessed with all sports. The first thing I do each morning is check the sports news, and whenever there’s a game of anything on TV, even if it’s something like indoor bowls, I can’t help watching it.
I know I’m describing the typical bloke here, so I thought it’d be fun coming up with some easy sports quiz questions and answers to test you with. These are the type of sports questions you should know off the top of your head without having to look up the answers. That’s the hope anyway!
With sport questions on football, formula 1, fencing and everything else in-between, I really hope you enjoy this easy sports quiz. I also thought this could be easy sports trivia for kids, so maybe this is a fun quiz you can do with the little ones?
If you’re looking for something a little harder, see how you do in the Greatest Rugby Quiz. This one is pretty tricky even if you’re a rugby nut like me. Alternatively, you can check out the Ultimate Travel Quiz and the very enjoyable Funny Quiz Questions.
I really hope you enjoy these sports trivia questions though and good luck. And don’t forget to share it with your friends and see how they do. I bet you’re the number 1 though!
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Contents:
50 Easy Sports Quiz Questions
1. What sport is described as “the beautiful game”?
2. Which country won the first ever football world cup?
3. How many regulation strokes are there in swimming?
4. How long is the total distance of a marathon?
5. How many gold medals has Usain Bolt won?
6. What is his world record time for the 100 metres?
7. What five colours make up the Olympic rings?
8. What has Mohammed Ali’s original name?
9. What is the only sport to be played on the moon?
10. How many NBA championships did Michael Jordan win with the Chicago Bulls?
11. Who has won more tennis grand slam titles – Venus Williams or Serena Williams?
12. Which country won the first ever rugby world cup?
13. In which sport would competitors use a piece of equipment known as a foil?
14. In which sport do teams compete to win the Stanley Cup?
15. The Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox play which sport?
16. What international rugby team are known as the Pumas?
17. Who is the Premier League’s all-time top scorer?
18. Which course is The Masters golf tournament held?
19. At which Olympics did Kelly Holmes win two gold medals?
20. What is the maximum break you can score in snooker?
21. Which sport involves tucks and pikes?
22. What is Canada’s national sport? How many of you said ice hockey for this one?
23. In football, which team has won the Champions League (formerly the European Cup) the most?
24. Which Formula 1 driver has won the most races in the history of the sport?
25. Which sport uses a net, a racket, and a shuttlecock?
26. How many players are there in a rugby league team?
27. What two teams play in “El Clasico”?
28. Won who the last cricket world cup?
29. What is the name Tyson Fury calls himself?
30. Which country did F1 legend Ayrton Senna come from?
Easy sports quiz: Picture round
So, how many of these sports quiz questions do you think you got right? Did you enjoy the sports picture round? Did you find it quite easy, or did a couple of questions throw you?
Right, it’s time for the answers. I really hope you got more than 50%!
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Easy sports quiz: Questions and answers
1. What sport is described as “the beautiful game?” Everyone considers football (soccer to you Americans) to be the beautiful game. When it’s played like Spain’s titi-taka style that won them two European Championships and one World Cup in a row, it’s easy to understand why.
2. Which country won the first ever football world cup? The first ever football world cup was held in 1930 in Uruguay in South America. They went on to win it beating Argentina 4-2 in the final, so Uruguay were the first ever winners.
3. How many regulation strokes are there in swimming? Four. Backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle
4. How long is the total distance of a marathon? That’s 26.2 miles, or 42.16 kilometres. Basically, a very very long way! You can find out more about the history of the marathon here.
5. How many gold medals has Usain Bolt won? Usain Bolt has won 8 gold medals making him the most successful sprinter ever. He had one gold medal stripped after Nesta Carter tested positive for a banned substance in the 100 metres relay at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
6. What is his world record time for the 100 metres? Bolt’s world record time is a rapid 9.58 seconds! I wonder if it’ll ever be beaten? This is one of those sports questions and answers that always crops up in the local pub quiz, so it’s a good one to know.
7. What five colours make up the Olympic rings? Blue, black, green, red and yellow.
8. What has Muhammad Ali’s original name? It was Cassius Clay. He was known as Muhammad Ali after he converted to Islam in 1961.
9. What is the only sport to be played on the moon? Golf! Alan Bartlett Shepard, a NASA astronaut, famously snuck a golf club onto Apollo 14 and played golf on the moon.
10. How many NBA championships did Michael Jordan win with the Chicago Bulls? 6. The Chicago Bulls during the 1990s are considered to be one of the best sports teams ever in any sports.
11. Who has won more tennis grand slam titles – Venus Williams or Serena Williams? Serena has! She has won a whopping 23 grand slams, whereas Venus has won only 7.
12. Which country won the first ever rugby world cup? New Zealand won the inaugural rugby world cup in 1987. They’ve gone on to win the cup on two other occasions – in 2011 and 2015.
13. In which sport would competitors use a piece of equipment known as a foil? Fencing.
14. In which sport do teams compete to win the Stanley Cup? Men’s ice hockey.
15. The Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox play which sport? Baseball.
16. What international rugby team are known as the Pumas? That’s Argentina.
17. Who is the Premier League’s all-time top scorer? Shearerrrrrrrrrrrrr. Alan Shearer has a massive 260 goals in the Premier League.
18. Which course is The Masters golf tournament held? Augusta National Golf Club which is in Georgia, USA.
19. At which Olympics did Kelly Holmes win two gold medals? The Athens Olympic Games in 2004.
20. What is the maximum break you can score in snooker? The maximum break is 147. That’s potting all 15 reds followed by black on each one, then potting all the remaining colours.
21. Which sport involves tucks and pikes? Diving
22. What is Canada’s national sport? How many of you said ice hockey for this one? It’s actually lacrosse which even surprised me! Bit of a trick question there!
23. In football, which team has won the Champions League (formerly the European Cup) the most? Real Madrid have won the Champions League 13 times.
24. Which Formula 1 driver has won the most races in the history of the sport? Lewis Hamilton recently surpassed Michael Schumacher’s record with 100 race wins in his career.
25. Which sport uses a net, a racket, and a shuttlecock? Badminton.
26. How many players are there in a rugby league team? Different to rugby union which has 15 players per team, there are only 13 players in rugby league. This is a sports trivia question I expect Americans to struggle with!
27. What two teams play in “El Clasico”? That’s one of the world’s biggest football rivalries between Barcelona and Real Madrid.
28. Won who the last cricket world cup? England did in their nail-biting super over win over New Zealand in 2019.
29. What is the name Tyson Fury calls himself? He’s known as the Gypsy King.
30. Which country did F1 legend Ayrton Senna come from? Brazil, a place where he is still revered today.
Sports picture round answers
Players:
1. Simone Biles
2. Johnny Wilkson
3. Martina Navratilova
4. Pele
5. Ronda Rousey
6. Sachin Tendulkar
7. Megan Rapinoe
8. Fernando Alonso
9. Naomi Osaka
10. Michael Jordan
Name the year:
1. Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ at the 1986 football world cup.
2. Usain Bolt winning his first gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
3. The ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ fight between Ali and George Foreman in 1974.
4. England infamously winning the Ashes again Australia in 2005.
5. England winning the football world cup in 1966.
6. Ian Poulter helping Europe win the Ryder Cup dubbed ‘The Miracle at Medinah‘ in 2012.
7. Andy Murray winning Wimbledon for the first time in 2013.
8. Tiger Woods winning his last major at Augusta in 2019.
9. Agueroooooo winning the title for Manchester City with almost the last kick of the season in 2012.
10. Ben Stokes om his knees at the cricket world cup in 2019 which England went on to win.
In total there are 50 points up for grabs. The question is, how many did you get right in this basic sports quiz? You can let me know in the comments below!
Did you enjoy my easy sports quiz questions and answers? If so, make sure you share it with your friends and family! Test them and see how they do. I bet you can beat them though. And as I said, this could be fun sports trivia for kids too.
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